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Clematis 'Georg'

Double, broadly bell-shaped, nodding, dark violet-purple flowers with a silvery edge to each tepal. Outer staminodes similar colour to tepals, inner white or greeny-yellow. Named after Georg Wettergren who worked with Magnus Johnson for many years. Pronounced Yeeorg, not George.

Group:	Atragene group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.0 - 2.5 metres
Flowering period(s): Warning: the months here are approximate for the northern hemisphere: users south of the equator should add approximately 6 months so that July becomes January etc.	Apr May
Aspect:	Any aspect
Pruning:	No pruning (Group 1)
Raised by:	Magnus Johnson
Country of origin:	Sweden
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	1985
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	C. macropetala x C. fauriei
Other name(s):	Mis-spelling: 'George'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 6-9cm Tepals: 4; 4cm long, 1-1.4cm wide, lanceolate